Girl
with a Broom - Reproduction of a
classic Rembrandt painting featured as a prop on
the occult sitcom BEWITCHED/ABC/1964-72. The
"Girl with a Broom" painting hung on the wall of
the foyer (to the left) as you entered the home
of Darrin and Samantha Stephens. Sometimes,
during the show's 252 episode run, the painting
(matted with a tan border in a oak frame)
was taken down and replaced by a mirror.

If one looks closely at
the small girl holding the broom, it's not much
of a stretch to see a very young Samantha the
witch posing for the portrait (the broom being a
potent symbol of witchcraft). After all,
Leonardo Di Vinci painted a Mona Lisa style
portrait of Samantha's look-alike Aunt Cornelia
around the same time (Episode No. 198 "Mona
Sammy"). And since, Samantha was born around the
time of Henry the VIII, she just might have been
the model for the portrait (though not mentioned
in the script).

TRIVIA NOTE: The original oil on canvas painting "Girl with a Broom" was painted
in 1651 by Rembrandt van Rijn
(born 1606). Today, the original painting of
the "Girl with a Broom" hangs in the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.